Americans Go Hog Wild For Pork As Summer BBQ Season Kicks Off

By Megan Durisin
Bloomberg

It’s boom times for pork enthusiasts.

Americans celebrating Memorial Day this weekend – the unofficial kick-off to summer and the grilling season – can keep the party going with cheaper pork chops.

Even amid voracious domestic and foreign demand, retail prices have stayed relatively low thanks to ample supplies. Bumper grain crops have reduced costs to feed animals, and the U.S. is heading for a year of record red meat and poultry production. While output is booming across the board, pork is looking especially attractive since it’s discount to beef has been widening, favoring more pig pickin’s and baby-back-rib feasts for the summer.“Consumers are going to have their pick when it comes to protein, at prices that are better than what they’ve seen in a few years,” Will Sawyer, an Atlanta-based director of animal-protein research at Rabobank International, said by phone. “It’s a good time to be a carnivore.”

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